Posted on Jun 21, 2017
F-15E Shoots Down Another Armed Drone in Syria
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Thanks for letting us know that a second drone - this one was armed has been shot down over Syria LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq.
"An F-15E Strike Eagle on Tuesday shot down an armed drone belonging to the Syrian regime that was advancing on coalition forces in the southern part of the country, U.S. Central Command said.
Similarly, an F-15E on June 8 shot down an unidentified drone deemed hostile toward coalition forces in At Tanf. During that incident, the drone dropped a single munition near U.S.-backed forces. It was also believed to be an Iranian-manufactured Shaheed drone.
The move comes days after an F/A-18E Super Hornet shot down an Su-22 Fitter fighter-bomber over Syria, which marked the U.S. military's first air-to-air kill involving manned aircraft in nearly two decades."
I find it interesting that we are using combat aircraft to engage the drones.
I hope that we will be able to deploy drones which can locate and destroy enemy drones soon.
FYI LTC Stephen C. LTC Greg Henning LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown CW5 (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT MSG Andrew White SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Cpl Joshua Caldwell
"An F-15E Strike Eagle on Tuesday shot down an armed drone belonging to the Syrian regime that was advancing on coalition forces in the southern part of the country, U.S. Central Command said.
Similarly, an F-15E on June 8 shot down an unidentified drone deemed hostile toward coalition forces in At Tanf. During that incident, the drone dropped a single munition near U.S.-backed forces. It was also believed to be an Iranian-manufactured Shaheed drone.
The move comes days after an F/A-18E Super Hornet shot down an Su-22 Fitter fighter-bomber over Syria, which marked the U.S. military's first air-to-air kill involving manned aircraft in nearly two decades."
I find it interesting that we are using combat aircraft to engage the drones.
I hope that we will be able to deploy drones which can locate and destroy enemy drones soon.
FYI LTC Stephen C. LTC Greg Henning LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown CW5 (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT MSG Andrew White SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Cpl Joshua Caldwell
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